Head Coach
Cheryl Ish
570-208-5900, ext. 5756
cherylish@kings.edu
Cheryl Ish enters her 14th
year as King's head field hockey coach and is in her third year as the
college's director of intercollegiate athletics.
Ish took over King's program in 1994, two
years after the program was introduced as a varsity sport at the college
and a year after gaining Middle Atlantic Conference status. After
suffering through the normal growing pains associated with building a
brand new program, Ish has turned King's into a perennial conference
contender. During this time, Ish has posted a
131-114-2 mark and was named Freedom Conference
"Coach of the Year" in 1996 and 2005. She has also led King's to
at least 10 victories every season since 1999.
In 2006, Ish led King's to its finest season ever as the Lady Monarchs
finished the year with a school-record 19-4 mark, the Freedom Conference
championship, and a berth in the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
She had previously guided the team to Freedom Conference title games in
2003 and 2005 where the squad fell both times in double-overtime losses. The
2005 squad concluded the season with a 15-5 mark
and was ranked 20th in the final NFHCA national rankings.
During
her time at King's, Ish has coached 54 players who have earned MAC
Freedom Conference all-star status and five
National Field Hockey Coaches Association Regional All-Americans. Her
teams have also been known for their academic excellence as 88 of her players have been named to the MAC All-Academic
Team
Ish was a three-time NCAA Division III All-American during her playing career at
Salisbury State University where she guided the team to four consecutive national
tournament appearances. In 1988, she led Salisbury to a 16-3-3 record and a third-place in
the national tournament, while advancing to the quarterfinal round in each of her final
three seasons.
Ish, who was named most valuable player of the Eastern States Athletic
Conference in 1989, concluded her collegiate career ranked second among Salisbury's
all-time leaders in both goals scored (60) and total points (131). Ish also stands second
with five goals scored in a single game. She was additionally honored as a Hanes NCAA
"Woman of the Year" nominee in 1992.
An outstanding all-around athlete, Ish was also a four-year letter winner in both track and field and lacrosse. She earned
her bachelor of arts degree from Salisbury in 1992. Ish came to King's following two years
at Smith College where she earned her master's degree in exercise and sports studies,
while serving as an assistant coach. In 1993, she helped Smith to a 15-3 record and a
second-place finish in the NCAA Division III national tournament.
A native of Hamburg, NJ, Ish is a graduate of Walkill Valley High School, where she
earned New Jersey Group 2 All-State field hockey honors as a senior.
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Assistant Coach
Martha Kerrick
In her seventh season as an assistant
coach at King's, Martha Kerrick adds a wealth of experience to the Monarch program.
Kerrick came to King's in 2001 after serving as head coach at Moravian College for
two seasons and enjoyed two coaching stints at the school, one as
head coach and one as an assistant. Her first stay at Moravian was from
1988 to 1994 as assistant field hockey coach. She also served as
assistant coordinator of intramurals and director of the Athletic and
Recreation Center from 1992 to 1995.
Prior to her becoming head coach at Moravian, Kerrick served as head field
hockey coach at Marywood University for four seasons. Her squads
posted a 41-33 record over that time, compiling a .554 winning percentage.
Kerrick became the winningest coach in Marywood history and led her team
to the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship in 1998 and runner-up
finishes in 1995 and 1996. Kerrick's 1998 team posted a 15-5 record
and was ranked as high as seventh in the region during the season. While
at Marywood, Kerrick also served as assistant softball coach in 1998 and
1999.
Kerrick is a 1987 graduate of Earlham College in Indiana with a Bachelor
of Arts degree. She completed her Master's degree in Education at East
Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania in 1991.
Last Updated
8/22/07
Assistant
Coach
Jess Ametrano
Entering her third season as an assistant
coach is former King's standout Jess Ametrano.
Ametrano is a former four-year starter at King's where she played
primarily in the midfield from 1997 to 2000. She played a big part
in the transition of a youthful program which began in 1994 to the
successful program which begins today.
In her first two years at King's, the Monarchs went 4-16 and 9-11, then
improved to a then school-record 13-5 record in 1999 followed by a 12-7 mark
as a senior in 2000. She was an All-Freedom Conference selection
in 2000 while twice earning MAC All-Academic honors during her career.
Ametrano helped start a winning tradition at King's in which the program
has won at least 10 games each season since her junior year in 1999.
After graduating from King's in 2001, Ametrano became a teacher in the
Pocono Mountain School District where she was appointed head field
hockey coach of a brand new program. She remained as head coach until joining the
King's staff in 2005. She is now a teacher at Crestwood High School.
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